The Club was formed on April 11th 1910 at a meeting in the local County offices.
The Club was granted the use of the Thames racecourse for an annual rental of 10 pounds to be paid to the Thames Jockey Club.
Membership was restricted to 20 ladies and 10 men, subscription was 1 guinea per year.
Playing conditions were mud, fences, sheep and conflict with the Jockey Club.
By 1938 the rental was up to 90 pounds per annum.

1938 200 acres were purchased at Kiri Kiri for 800 pounds. The site of today's course. The scrub and bush was felled and burnt. The fairways were sown with the first grass seed.
100 sheep grazed the course for 25 pound a year.

1957 15 holes were developed. The ground leased to graze sheep at 150 pounds per year
plus 100 tons of suitable fertilizer was to be applied by the lessee.

1966 the Club went into farming and purchased 497 lambs for 1358 pounds. The end of year muster was 100 head short. Thought to be lost to theft, straying or just lost. Lambs then sold of at $1.50/ head.
The ensuing years there was profits and loses for the club's farming ventures.

1974 the Club finally went out of farming.

Natural disasters have been common over the modern years.

1968 Flooding from the Kiri Kiri stream caused severe erosion. The first damage control was done with the local council at a cost of $396 to the Club.

1979, 1981 More severe flooding and damage to the course  and clubhouse.

2002 the "Weather bomb"hit the area. 270 mm of rain fell in 24 hours. Several working bees were needed to clean up.

2004, 2006 more damage from severe flooding

2007 Winds up to 140 kph hit and 80 mature trees were blown down. For months firewood was sold for $30 a trailer load.